i speak french in public to my grandparents and to my boyfriend. people are surprised that im bilingual and say its cool and ask me to teach them some time
but when one of my classmates speaks arabic in public to her family, she gets strange and disgusted looks. no one asks to be taught arabic. no one says its cool that shes bilingual
its racism plain and simple
I tend to read my news in Arabic nowadays and tbh I need to be careful where I do it because I’ve had some really judgmental stares.
Like I was doing my hw on the plane and the guy next to me was visibly upset, it was bullshit.
People should be allowed to speak and read whatever language they wish without fear of discrimination.